红衣主教劳伦斯（拉尔夫·费因斯 Ralph Fiennes 饰）要负责世界上最秘密、最古老的活动：选择新的教皇。而他发现自己处在一起阴谋的正中心，可能撼动教会最深的根基。
1986年春天，切尔诺贝利发生爆炸，一个名叫咪咪的女孩来到了芬兰西部的一个小村庄。她立即让 15 岁的玛丽亚的生活充满了辐射的光芒。20年后，玛丽亚回到家中照顾生病的母亲，那个有意义的夏天的记忆开始浮出水面。
Cemal, a lonely hearse driver, has to transport the body of a young woman who has been murdered to her parents' home. During the trip, however, the body comes to life and when he sees her, Cemal falls in love with the undead woman. This is when he begins to commit murders in order to feed her, even if it means having to deal with the police's attempts to capture a serial killer...
